Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.

Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at all. To win battles you do not beat weapons - you beat the soul of man of the enemy man.

Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.